diff --git a/extra/libevent/build b/extra/libevent/build
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index 00000000..7ca84fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libevent/build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --disable-static
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/libevent/checksums b/extra/libevent/checksums
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index 00000000..3a1c67c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libevent/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a65bac6202ea8c5609fd5c7e480e6d25de467ea1917c08290c521752f147283d  libevent-2.1.11-stable.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/libevent/sources b/extra/libevent/sources
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index 00000000..30511bb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libevent/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/libevent/libevent/releases/download/release-2.1.11-stable/libevent-2.1.11-stable.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/libevent/version b/extra/libevent/version
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index 00000000..90f99e93
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+++ b/extra/libevent/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.1.11 1